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The achievement of toileting competence is an important milestone in an individual’s physical, emotional, and social development. Most families in developed countries agree that successful toileting involves voiding in a commode and doing so independently with volitional control. Because the majority of children achieve this skill without clinical intervention, research on toilet training has been limited. Additionally, there are no consensus established operational definitions or universal data driven support for any one particular method, effectively limiting efficacy based research. However, individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities, physical challenges, or chronic medical conditions may require intervention in order to achieve mastery of toileting skills. For those individuals and their loved ones, this chapter reviews toilet training methods, both learner- and trainer-centered, as well as readiness factors, training challenges, and specific toilet training techniques.

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McPherson, P., Burns, C.O., Garcia, M.J., Kothapalli, V.S., McNeil, S.E., Thompson, T. (2017). Toilet Training: Behavioral and Medical Considerations. In: Matson, J. (eds) Handbook of Childhood Psychopathology and Developmental Disabilities Treatment . Autism and Child Psychopathology Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71210-9_22

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